Refrigerator bottle-rack



(No Model.)

0. W. MITCHELL Refrigerator Bottle Rack.

Patehted Oct. 5,1880.

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CALEB W. MITCHELL, OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEWV YORK.

REFRIGERATOR BOTTLE-RACK.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,998, dated October 5, 1880.

Application tiled March 30, 1880. (No model.)

1' 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CALEB W. MITCHELL, of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga county, State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Refrigerator Bottle-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved table for dispensing liquors which is simplein construction and convenient in use.

The invention consists in combining a peculiarly-constructed bottle-rack, in a table for dispensing liquors, with an ice-box having an opening, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of my improved table for dispensing liquors. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same on the line as .r, Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the bottle'rack of the ice-box.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The table A is provided with an ice-box, B, which is open on top and extends from the top plate, 0, of the table down to lower cross-plate, 1), upon whichit rests. The ice-box B is made of wood, and is lined with tin, copper, or zinc, or any other suitable material, and is provided with a drip-tube, F, which has a cap, G, attached to its lower end, forming an air-tight joint, and prevents air from entering into the icebox through the drip-tube F, but permits the water from the ice-box to flow through the same. Strips J J are attached to the bottom of two sides of the ice-box B, to form shoulders, upon which the bottle-rack K can rest. These strips must be of such a height that the top of the bottle-rack K is flush with the top plate, 0, of the table. The rack K is provided with a a number of holes, L, for receiving the liquor bottles, which holes are of such depth that the ends of the bottles can be easily grasped when removing from the rack, and are provided with smaller or narrower continuations M, which extend through to the bottom of the rack and conduct cold air into the holes L of the rack.

The holes L and their continuations M are connected with the main opening of the iceboX by a number of small apertures, N N, through which cold air is conducted into the holes.

The space between the sides of the bottlerack and below the same is to be entirely filled with broken ice, which is used in making cold drinks.

The drip-water of the ice-box drops into a tub or pail, P, containing a sponge, 0, so as to prevent the noise of the dripping water.

A sugar-box, Q,is hinged to one of the legs of the table, so that it can be drawn out whenever desired, and several hooks, RR, are provided for hanging towels.

The ice cannot comein contact with the bottles, which are cooled by cold air from the ice only, and the consequence is that the bottles are always very neat and clean, and their contents agreeably cold.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent- The bottle-rack K of an ice-box, provided with the bottle'holes L, their continuations M M, and the apertures NN, connecting the bottle-holes and their continuations with the main opening of the ice-box.

CALEB W. MITCHELL. Witnesses:

FRANK N. JENKINS, D. S. GILBERT. 

